Shamus Young:The Lego Star Wars series is an interesting beast. It began as something new, exciting, and unexpected. For a limited budget, developer Traveller's Tales was able to make something that could be enjoyed by adults and children alike. Then as the sequels wore on, the sense of wonder vanished. Pretty soon it lost the spark of magic and enthusiasm and became a routine cash-in with no heart.

So it's amazingly faithful to the movies, is what I'm saying.

Yeah, I can agree. By LEGO Batman, the fun factor had waned a bit and I was a lot more noticing of all the little gameplay problems that they still hadn't done anything to address yet. It also ended up being the last LEGO game I've played in a while. Maybe I should check some reviews on the newer games and see if they finally improved anything.

And I love Traveller's Tales for bringing me Lego Star Wars- being able to play as Luke and Han and Obi Wan was fantastic, although I know that it's possible to that in Battle Front (which is fucking sweet) there's something special about their Lego selves.

I dunno - my son and I have played the hell out of SW:TCS. It is a bit long, especially when you're playing with a four year old, but it usually mixed things up enough that I didn't mind.

The new Clone Wars one seems to have done some actual innovation, but it's also harder, which means I'm avoiding getting it for my 4 year old as long as possible, to avoid constant "Dad! I need help!" shouts. ;)